Overview
Provides concise knowledge on sources and impacts of climate change in the Himalayas
Sheds new light on the role of the cryosphere in climate change
Broadens your understanding of projected changes in the climate using simulations from various models
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- Himalayan weather systems and geography
- Surface climate change signal
- Global warming trends
- Himalayan complex topography
- Cloud microphysics
- Precipitation processes
- Himalayan glaciers
- Meteorological observations
- Past climates over central Himalayas
- Providing regional climates for impact studies (PRECIS)
- Kinetic energy flux
- Water quality and safety
- climate change
- climate change impacts
- Environmental Geography
- meteorology
About this book
This book analyzes the issues associated with climate change in the Himalayas. The purpose of choosing the Himalayas as a focus is because it is a particularly fragile mountain system, highly sensitive to climate change impacts, and it contains one of the largest human populations affected by climate change. The book provides extensive data and information regarding the climate history of the Himalayas, and the current effects of climate change on Himalayan weather systems, and on human and animal populations in the region.Â
The book begins with an overview of global climate change with discussions of data trends and international initiatives, then segues into a history of climate changes and weather trends in the Himalayas. Weather systems of the Himalayas, both past and current, are analyzed and detailed through climate models, seasonal observations of weather fronts, and overviews of various climate scenarios. The book then discusses climate change impacts and signat
ures specific to the Central Himalayan region, where the largest effects of impacts are observed. Readers will discover analysis presented on water resources, meteorological changes, biodiversity, agriculture and human health along with perspectives of management and policy. This book will appeal to researchers studying climate science, climatology, environmental scientists and policymakers.Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Govind Ballabh Pant has formerly been a Distinguished Professor at Savitribai Phule Pune University and Director of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India.Â
Dr. P. Pradeep Kumar is a Professor at Savitribai Phule Pune University in Pune, India.
Dr. Jayashree V. Revadekar is a Scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune, India.
Dr. Narendra Singh is a Scientist at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in Uttarakhand, India.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Climate Change in the Himalayas
Authors: G. B. Pant, P. Pradeep Kumar, Jayashree V. Revadekar, Narendra Singh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61654-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61653-7Published: 27 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87127-1Published: 12 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61654-4Published: 15 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 145
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 39 illustrations in colour
Topics: Climate Change, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Environmental Geography, Meteorology, Hydrology/Water Resources, Geoecology/Natural Processes